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london july 28 extracl of a letter from halifax brought by the royal charlotte hill which left that place tbt zotb efjune 1am truly unhappy to inform you that a fquadron of a merican hips have vifited the banks and taken up wards of 40 britim veffels on the 21ft inllant a man of war of 50 guns feemingly a frenchman came up with his majelty's floop the pegafus and a frigate of considerable force to the norlh of sable ifland a de fperate engagement enfucd ; the prg-afus lay open to the fall broadiide of the enemy and her fhot being v t ry heavy o liged her to ftrike the frigate being coniidcrably a head got under way and efcaped various reports are brought in everyday but all confirm that admiral montague's fqu&drjn is in the utmoit danger and no ways able to protect the fleets on the banks the arrival of the eaft-indiamen at this juncture was very fortunate for the navy as they are much in want of men o man the feveral fhips now fitting out they write from peterfburg that according to the military lift the prefent force of thsir imperial majefty including ca valry and marine amounts 10430,000 effective men the fpirited conduct of adminiitration in demanding abfo lute fecurity from france may probably involve us in a war with that crown we may lay it down very fafcly as a max im that an open war is better than a treacherous infecure peace \ againft the one we may prepare but no prudence can goard a gainft the other the french are i.ning at prefent to appro priate to themfelves the whole profit of the american trade ; to allow them to e&vct it would be more disadvantageous to britain than many wars a veffel upon a particular ccnlliucyiou is now building in a private dock-yard near limehcufe on government's account toferve as a packet between england and america she is to mount 54 guns france had never tsore rrafon to dread the power of england than at this time or england more right to cha&iie that infidi ous and deceitful people if in addition to the prefent unhappy quarrel with america we mould have a war with the whole houfe of bourbon that war in the nature of things will be a naval one confequent ly it will be fuch a war as the politics of this country have been roaring at thefe hundred years how often have we been told keep clear of a continental war snd britain is a match for all the world the only danger of the national debt arifes from the incrcafe of inte.-cfc at a time when the immenfe dram of a ger man or a flanders war carries the money borrowed forever from this country but a rave war with the whole houfe of bour bon is an expence which sows in a circle conflantly going out and coming in ; no danger to the hate can therefore refult from it and the proper time to declare war is now before the af jrival of their welt-india and newfoundland fleet july 30 the king has made a very ferious fcrutiny into the delays of ofnee that occafioned gen howe's being unable to lake the field before rhe 15th of june when it is well known that he might have marched towards philadelphia early in the month of april had he received the camp equipage by the time he was promifed to expeft it : â€” lord b n endeavoured to conciliate the matter as much as polsble but his majr fly fpi ritedly replied â€” *â€¢ my lord that is not the iatist'acvion that " will either do for me or my people ; for i am determined to â€¢' faÂ»e dppoution the trouble of debating thi matter by faring â€¢' the delinquent d fgraced to whom we are indebted for this " fatal mealure lord b attempted to reply but the king turned upon his heel and iefc him to ruminate en what had paffed notwithstanding the very warm addreflcs to the throne from scotland yet recruiting goes on very ilowly in the northern part of britain and the few recruits that arc got fcarccly de fer vc the name of ioldiers the following is the poftcript of a letter from warrington in lancaihire dated july 28 : " in a little time i believe you may be furniflied with news from this quarter as the american pri vateers fwsrtn at prefent about this coaft there never was dur ing the jaft war fuch a confternation among the merchants at liverpool this sir you may depend upon as afadt extract tfa letter ft m dublin july 22 c three veflfels were taken lait week about feven leagues from scily by the civil ufage american privateer mounting 1 4 carriage guns and 9 fwivels with 70 men on of the veu fel was bound from london to limerick one from briitol to the madeiras and one from tinby to this port with bark ; they were all fent to america the captains rÂ»re landed bcrcoa sunday i aft whaxept.-rt that hey ivc-ft takeii wi.hin i'iew cf a man of war who could no ih.il 0 tinir re iel there hci a dead cnlrr and the privateer rowing with 16 oars : they alfo report that foon after they were put gc beard the dutchman that brought them here ) they iaw the fame privateer take a large vefiel who before die ltruck fired jive guns the cap tains fay they were treated with the utmoit humanity and civi lity by the captain and crew of the privateer a letter from an officer on board the levant frigate dared gibraltar june 27 fays about four day's fail from the strtight's mouth we took a 14 gun privateer called the vigi lant richard witcar mailer fitted out at dunkirk which place he left twelve days before we alfo retook a brig from lifoon bound to briitol named the mayflower which lhe had taken the day before three days after we took the pitt ed ward sheers matter bound to bofton fitted out at cherburgh of about 200 tons having on board two brafs mortars 150 fwi vels bar iron fome fhot mufquets kc fuppofed worth about 3000 1 itcrling oa our return here we found oar twe prizes fafe arrived two days before the raven alfo came in five day before with the vengeance of xo carriage and 6 fwivel guns laden with rice tobacco indigo c which fee took about 40 leagues to the weiiward of st euflatia auguji 7 it is confidently reported that on a late folicita tion from our miniftry to the emprefs of ruffiz for hiring a certain number of her troops to fight againil our rebellious fub jefts in america the emprefs made the following reply to the negociator : " tkat if government would make over the i fland of minorca to her fhc would fend 30,000 men to fubdu the americans and at her fole expence maintain and recruit them for two years this propofal if accepted of by add ing minorca to her p;.fil-flions ia the black fea and her free na vigation in th archipelago would throw the whole mediter ranean and levant trade into her hands and make her the firffc maritime power in europe it 16 reported that a great perfonagc has declared that the body guards both horfe and foot ihall be fent to america ra ther then the fervice there hall want men auguji 11 fifty thoufand blankets are ordered to be imme diately got ready for the troops in america againft the enfning winter admiralty off.ce july 29 the hon levcfon gower cap tain cf his majeity's hip the valiant gives an account that on the 7m iniiant he fell in with and took the brig blair tho mas perriam maiter kden with rice from south-carolina twenty-two commiffions of bankruptcy were fitting on sa turday at the fame time in guildhall what a dreadful increaic of buftnefs to the commiflioners ! extract of a lettr from galloway july 24 " every day the american ibreamers are hining on our coaft there is not a hip dare llir out of a harbour as the miniftry on ly ordered a large ibm of war into the channel which is of no manner of fervice either to diitrefs the american privateers or protect our trade for lord sandwich might as well end a cow to catch a here this day eight days we were alarmed with star eight hours cannonading owing to the engagement of an ame rican privateer only of 2pÂ£Â«o with two of the king's caj teis and a large letter of narque from liverpool whta the deckm*ek5 1777 the number 405 worth-carolina gazette with the lateft advices foreign and domestic semper pro libertate et bono publ1co

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london july 28 extracl of a letter from halifax brought by the royal charlotte hill which left that place tbt zotb efjune 1am truly unhappy to inform you that a fquadron of a merican hips have vifited the banks and taken up wards of 40 britim veffels on the 21ft inllant a man of war of 50 guns feemingly a frenchman came up with his majelty's floop the pegafus and a frigate of considerable force to the norlh of sable ifland a de fperate engagement enfucd ; the prg-afus lay open to the fall broadiide of the enemy and her fhot being v t ry heavy o liged her to ftrike the frigate being coniidcrably a head got under way and efcaped various reports are brought in everyday but all confirm that admiral montague's fqu&drjn is in the utmoit danger and no ways able to protect the fleets on the banks the arrival of the eaft-indiamen at this juncture was very fortunate for the navy as they are much in want of men o man the feveral fhips now fitting out they write from peterfburg that according to the military lift the prefent force of thsir imperial majefty including ca valry and marine amounts 10430,000 effective men the fpirited conduct of adminiitration in demanding abfo lute fecurity from france may probably involve us in a war with that crown we may lay it down very fafcly as a max im that an open war is better than a treacherous infecure peace \ againft the one we may prepare but no prudence can goard a gainft the other the french are i.ning at prefent to appro priate to themfelves the whole profit of the american trade ; to allow them to e&vct it would be more disadvantageous to britain than many wars a veffel upon a particular ccnlliucyiou is now building in a private dock-yard near limehcufe on government's account toferve as a packet between england and america she is to mount 54 guns france had never tsore rrafon to dread the power of england than at this time or england more right to cha&iie that infidi ous and deceitful people if in addition to the prefent unhappy quarrel with america we mould have a war with the whole houfe of bourbon that war in the nature of things will be a naval one confequent ly it will be fuch a war as the politics of this country have been roaring at thefe hundred years how often have we been told keep clear of a continental war snd britain is a match for all the world the only danger of the national debt arifes from the incrcafe of inte.-cfc at a time when the immenfe dram of a ger man or a flanders war carries the money borrowed forever from this country but a rave war with the whole houfe of bour bon is an expence which sows in a circle conflantly going out and coming in ; no danger to the hate can therefore refult from it and the proper time to declare war is now before the af jrival of their welt-india and newfoundland fleet july 30 the king has made a very ferious fcrutiny into the delays of ofnee that occafioned gen howe's being unable to lake the field before rhe 15th of june when it is well known that he might have marched towards philadelphia early in the month of april had he received the camp equipage by the time he was promifed to expeft it : â€” lord b n endeavoured to conciliate the matter as much as polsble but his majr fly fpi ritedly replied â€” *â€¢ my lord that is not the iatist'acvion that " will either do for me or my people ; for i am determined to â€¢' faÂ»e dppoution the trouble of debating thi matter by faring â€¢' the delinquent d fgraced to whom we are indebted for this " fatal mealure lord b attempted to reply but the king turned upon his heel and iefc him to ruminate en what had paffed notwithstanding the very warm addreflcs to the throne from scotland yet recruiting goes on very ilowly in the northern part of britain and the few recruits that arc got fcarccly de fer vc the name of ioldiers the following is the poftcript of a letter from warrington in lancaihire dated july 28 : " in a little time i believe you may be furniflied with news from this quarter as the american pri vateers fwsrtn at prefent about this coaft there never was dur ing the jaft war fuch a confternation among the merchants at liverpool this sir you may depend upon as afadt extract tfa letter ft m dublin july 22 c three veflfels were taken lait week about feven leagues from scily by the civil ufage american privateer mounting 1 4 carriage guns and 9 fwivels with 70 men on of the veu fel was bound from london to limerick one from briitol to the madeiras and one from tinby to this port with bark ; they were all fent to america the captains rÂ»re landed bcrcoa sunday i aft whaxept.-rt that hey ivc-ft takeii wi.hin i'iew cf a man of war who could no ih.il 0 tinir re iel there hci a dead cnlrr and the privateer rowing with 16 oars : they alfo report that foon after they were put gc beard the dutchman that brought them here ) they iaw the fame privateer take a large vefiel who before die ltruck fired jive guns the cap tains fay they were treated with the utmoit humanity and civi lity by the captain and crew of the privateer a letter from an officer on board the levant frigate dared gibraltar june 27 fays about four day's fail from the strtight's mouth we took a 14 gun privateer called the vigi lant richard witcar mailer fitted out at dunkirk which place he left twelve days before we alfo retook a brig from lifoon bound to briitol named the mayflower which lhe had taken the day before three days after we took the pitt ed ward sheers matter bound to bofton fitted out at cherburgh of about 200 tons having on board two brafs mortars 150 fwi vels bar iron fome fhot mufquets kc fuppofed worth about 3000 1 itcrling oa our return here we found oar twe prizes fafe arrived two days before the raven alfo came in five day before with the vengeance of xo carriage and 6 fwivel guns laden with rice tobacco indigo c which fee took about 40 leagues to the weiiward of st euflatia auguji 7 it is confidently reported that on a late folicita tion from our miniftry to the emprefs of ruffiz for hiring a certain number of her troops to fight againil our rebellious fub jefts in america the emprefs made the following reply to the negociator : " tkat if government would make over the i fland of minorca to her fhc would fend 30,000 men to fubdu the americans and at her fole expence maintain and recruit them for two years this propofal if accepted of by add ing minorca to her p;.fil-flions ia the black fea and her free na vigation in th archipelago would throw the whole mediter ranean and levant trade into her hands and make her the firffc maritime power in europe it 16 reported that a great perfonagc has declared that the body guards both horfe and foot ihall be fent to america ra ther then the fervice there hall want men auguji 11 fifty thoufand blankets are ordered to be imme diately got ready for the troops in america againft the enfning winter admiralty off.ce july 29 the hon levcfon gower cap tain cf his majeity's hip the valiant gives an account that on the 7m iniiant he fell in with and took the brig blair tho mas perriam maiter kden with rice from south-carolina twenty-two commiffions of bankruptcy were fitting on sa turday at the fame time in guildhall what a dreadful increaic of buftnefs to the commiflioners ! extract of a lettr from galloway july 24 " every day the american ibreamers are hining on our coaft there is not a hip dare llir out of a harbour as the miniftry on ly ordered a large ibm of war into the channel which is of no manner of fervice either to diitrefs the american privateers or protect our trade for lord sandwich might as well end a cow to catch a here this day eight days we were alarmed with star eight hours cannonading owing to the engagement of an ame rican privateer only of 2pÂ£Â«o with two of the king's caj teis and a large letter of narque from liverpool whta the deckm*ek5 1777 the number 405 worth-carolina gazette with the lateft advices foreign and domestic semper pro libertate et bono publ1co